Thunder & Lightnings

British Aircraft Corporation TSR2 - Walkaround Photos

TSR2 - Britain's Lost Bomber
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(the book has a lot of detail photographs including comprehensive cockpit coverage)

Cockpits

These cockpit photos are all courtesy of BAE Systems and the Warton Heritage Group. Photos of XR219's cockpit and the layout of production cockpits can be found in my TSR2 book.
Mockup of the Type 594 (production TSR2) pilot's cockpit. Mockup of the Type 594 (production TSR2) navigator's cockpit. XR219 - with Peter Moneypenny and Jimmy Dell. This shot gives a good idea of canopy internals including interior handles and general cockpit colouring. XR219 - with Roland Beamont and Don Bowen. Another shot giving a good idea of canopy internals and cockpit colouring. Bea's seat has been motored down to a lower setting than Don's.

Nose and Equipment Bay

XR220 - General view XR220 - General view XR220 - General view XR220 - Pilot's cockpit XR222 - Cockpits XR220 - Side view XR222 - Side view XR220 - Electronics bay XR220 - General view XR220 - General view XR220 - Underside of nose looking aft. The stencils warning of heavy doors would only have been on XR219 and XR220 as they refer to ballast mounted on these panels to make up for missing radar equipment. XR220 - Underside of nose looking aft, note periscope at top right. The stencils warning of heavy doors would only have been on XR219 and XR220 as they refer to ballast mounted on these panels to make up for missing radar equipment. XR220 - Deployed periscope under nose XR222 - Nose with radome removed (when under restoration) XR222 - General view (when under restoration)

Fuselage

XR222 - Starboard forward fuselage (under restoration). Note empty SLR bay below cockpit. XR222 - Port forward fuselage (under restoration). Note empty SLR bay below cockpit and one auxiliary intake door is slightly open. XR220 - Port intake. Note camera fairing on intake side, unique to XR220. XR220 - Closeup of port intake. XR220 - Heat exchanger exhaust below port intake (similar on other side). XR220 - General view. Forward gear door would normally be closed except during gear operation. XR220 - General view. XR220 - Starboard engine access panel. XR220 - Anti-collision light between lower airbrakes.

Wings

XR220 - Starboard wingtip underside XR222 - Starboard wing underside (under restoration). Shows the leading edge cross-section well. XR220 - Port wing underside XR220 - Port wing underside XR220 - Port wing underside showing partially deployed flaps XR220 - Port wingtip underside XR222 - General view over wings XR222 - General view over port wing XR222 - General view over port wing XR222 - General view over port wing XR222 - General closeup of port flaps

Undercarriage

XR220 - Nose gear from starboard side XR220 - Nose gear looking aft XR220 - Nose gear looking forward XR222 - Nose gear bay looking up and forward XR220 - Port main gear XR222 - Port main gear; compare with next shot, of XR220's main gear - XR220 had an additional strut fitted to cure the problems XR219 had experienced. XR220 - Port main gear XR220 - Port main gear XR220 - Port main gear bay XR220 - Port main gear bay looking forward XR220 - Port main gear bay looking aft XR222 - Port main gear bay with door removed (when under restoration) XR220 - Port main gear rear door XR220 - Starboard main gear bay (right is forward) XR220 - Starboard main gear XR222 - Starboard main gear. Compare with XR220's main gear - this one is lacking the additional strut, fitted to XR220 after XR219's gear problems. XR222 - General rear view, useful for angles of main gear legs XR222 - General front view (wide angle lens), useful for angles of main gear legs XR222 - General front view, useful for angles of main gear legs

Tail

XR220 - Port tailplane XR220 - Port rear fuselage. The fairing and track to the top right are for the brake chute attachment XR222 - Port tailplane XR220 - Port tail area XR220 - Port engine exhaust area XR220 - Engine exhausts Olympus engine jetpipe rear view XR220 - Starboard tail area XR220 - Starboard tail area XR222 - Starboard tail area.

Weapons Bay and Air Brakes

XR220 - Bomb bay from forward, looking aft. The orange blankets were thermal blankets to keep the test equipment in the bay cool at high speeds - not fuel bladders. XR220 - Bomb bay from rear, looking forward. Test equipment pallets installed, minus thermal blankets at this end. XR220 - Bomb bay from rear, looking forward. Test equipment pallets installed, minus thermal blankets at this end. XR220 - Rear of bomb bay, looking aft. Note rounded fairing over rear portion of bay. Retraction jacks are missing. XR222 - Bomb bay from forward, looking aft. No test equipment pallets in XR222, so this is more representative of what the bomb bay would have been like in production examples. XR220 - Port upper air brake XR220 - Port lower air brake XR220 - Starboard lower air brake XR220 - Starboard lower air brake